https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:56:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-hcg-does-there-need-to-be-for-the-test-line-to-be-as-dark-as-the-control-line#post-2571623 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 19:22:40 +0000 winniebee 2571623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have a darker than control line test until maybe 16 dpo? And my numbers at that point were over 1000. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-hcg-does-there-need-to-be-for-the-test-line-to-be-as-dark-as-the-control-line#post-2571258 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:11:16 +0000 ValentineMommy 2571258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know how accurate it is, but the RN at my OB's office said the hcg had to be somewhere near 1000 before it was as dark as the control line.</p> <p>I wouldn't worry. Mine didn't get dark until 20-ish dpo, but everyone is different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-hcg-does-there-need-to-be-for-the-test-line-to-be-as-dark-as-the-control-line#post-2571245 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:57:24 +0000 MrsA 2571245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This time (I'm currently 7w2d) I noticed the Wondfo was darker at 25 dpo. It looks like the FRER was darker at 21 dpo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-hcg-does-there-need-to-be-for-the-test-line-to-be-as-dark-as-the-control-line#post-2571183 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:03:55 +0000 KatieBklyn 2571183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The internet cheapies take about a hundred thousand years to be as dark as the control lines, in my experience. When I was around 5 weeks pregnant with my son (who is alive and well) I took a Wondfo test expecting there to be a super bold second line - and it looked a lot like your most recent one. I was SO upset, but everything turned out fine. It's so nerve wracking, I know, but try not to draw any conclusions based on anything but whether your betas are increasing at an appropriate rate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-hcg-does-there-need-to-be-for-the-test-line-to-be-as-dark-as-the-control-line#post-2571164 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:34:55 +0000 twodoghouse 2571164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My test at 13 dpo (I was doing IVF so it was actually 10dp3dt) was darker than the control and my beta that day was around 115. I was pregnant with twins, which is why my levels were so high so early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-hcg-does-there-need-to-be-for-the-test-line-to-be-as-dark-as-the-control-line#post-2571163 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:29:26 +0000 nana87 2571163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm currently pregnant (7 weeks 1 day) and with this pregnancy, I got a :bfp: on a digital at 4 weeks 1 day (don't know when I o'd exactly, but cd 30) but the line on wondfo didn't become as dark as the control line until 5w4d, so a very long time! (I took like like 4 other wondfos in between because I was curious whether/when it would get darker).</p> <p>your lines look great, imo! I've also had a chemical pregnancy/loss at 5 weeks before, and with those the lines got fainter. yours are definitely getting darker! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-hcg-does-there-need-to-be-for-the-test-line-to-be-as-dark-as-the-control-line#post-2571159 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:23:56 +0000 FaithFertility 2571159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took 3 FRER with DD at what I think was 14,15,16 DPO none of those lines were darker than control line!<br /> I think if the lines are staying around the same or getting darker you are ok!<br /> It's such a game! Hang in there!<br /> Congratulations!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-hcg-does-there-need-to-be-for-the-test-line-to-be-as-dark-as-the-control-line#post-2571158 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:21:44 +0000 FreakOutGurl2016 2571158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi guys , my last period was on the 19th of May 2016, i am very irregular with my periods (always have been ) so no clue when I really ovulated but i felt very turned on around 6th of June to 9th of June when I had sed every night , got a negative prgnancy test on Sunday the 12th, but then 2 faint faint positives on clearblue plus on 16th of June, did a digital on the Saturday 18th which came back pregnant one to two weeks , since then been doing stick tests which have gradually got darker but nowhere near as dark as control line which worried me , (altough a futher clearblue plus on the Monday the 19th showed quite dark , since then to today the stick tests have stayed the same colour , i went into hospital yeturday with Brown bleeding which has calmed down today they took my bloods and have me a HCG reading of 85 and i have to go back I 3 days for another test , just womdering when does the test line go as dark as control ( what HCG level) and does everything soumd ok ? Very worried it will end in misscarriage.cheers all </p> [attach=7425/16/o94ig8.450x600.20160620_124122.jpg]